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A Study to activate Compulsory Education for Manufacturing Industrial Safety and Health (focusing on Small-scale business) (제조업 산업안전보건 법정교육 활성화에 관한 연구 (영세사업장 중심으로))

  • Kim, Dong-Chul;Kim, Byung-Suk
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2016
  • This study organizes not only the middle-long term developing plan of safety health education to put emphasis on a manufacturing industry, but also the developing plan of activating the domestic safety health education. On the basis of this study, current safety health education can be developed. To achieve a goal of implementing domestic safety health education, this study is carried out more deeply as follows.

GNSS Center of Excellence for Safety Critical Applications, Simulation, Test & Certifications - GAUSS

  • Evers, H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • v.2
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    • pp.153-155
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    • 2006
  • A major advantage of the area in and around Braunschweig is its concentration of major research institutes and small to large enterprises dealing with different modes of transportation. For many years, aviation has been a particular focus. The research institutes have aircraft and helicopters equipped especially for research projects, as well as other laboratory equipment, allowing simulation and testing of air traffic application both virtually and on real aircraft. In addition, with the Luftfahrtbundesamt (equivalent organization to FAA) and the Bundesstelle $f{\"{u}}r$ Flugunfalluntersuchung (equivalent to NTSB) both located at the Research Airport, it enables direct contact with two key air-traffic safety authorities. The institutes of DLR and the Technical University of Braunschweig are very active in rail transportation applications. Cooperation with the market leader in rail automation - Siemens Rail Automation, also located in Braunschweig - and with other companies in the Braunschweig region means that safety-critical road applications and mobility research is available due to the activities of a number of institutes. Cooperation with Volkswagen (VW) and other companies in the region ensure access to the market leaders' know-how in this sector. Current European activities within framework of the Galileo project offer particularly good opportunities for the Research Airport to leverage its expertise and position itself internationally as a specialist in safety-critical transport applications - the centre is an initiative of Niedersachsen and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport Location and navigation plays a central role in all modes of transport - air, road and rail. The market is being revolutionized by the increasing integration of GNSS. The realization of the Galileo system will provide additional opportunities for the Research Airport: Galileo as a civil operated system offers service guarantees especially in the area of safety-critical applications in transportation. Notably standards, processes and authorizations related to the certification of safety-critical applications in the areas of air, road and rail transportation are still to be determined. GAUSS, located at the Research Airport Braunschweig, as an European centre of excellence for simulation, testing and certification of safety-critical applications can offer its expertise to validate the services guaranteed by the Galileo concessionaire.

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Development of Safety Performance Functions and Level of Service of Safety on National Roads Using Traffic Big Data (교통 빅데이터를 이용한 전국 도로 안전성능함수 및 안전등급 개발 연구)

  • Kwon, Kenan;Park, Sangmin;Jeong, Harim;Kwon, Cheolwoo;Yun, Ilsoo
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.34-48
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was two-fold; first, to develop safety performance functions (SPF) using transportation-related big data for all types of roads in Korea were developed, Second, to provide basic information to develop measures for relatively dangerous roads by evaluating the safety grade for various roads based on it. The coordinates of traffic accident data are used to match roads across the country based on the national standard node and link system. As independent variables, this study effort uses link length, the number of traffic volume data from ViewT established by the Korea Transport Research Institute, and the number of dangerous driving behaviors based on the digital tachograph system installed on commercial vehicles. Based on the methodology and result of analysis used in this study, it is expected that the transportation safety improvement projects can be properly selected, and the effects can be clearly monitored and quantified.

Future Urban Transportation Technologies for Sustainability with an Emphasis on Growing Mega Cities: A Strategic Proposal on Introducing a New Micro Electric Vehicle Segment

  • Honey, Emilio;Lee, Hojin;Suh, In-Soo
    • World Technopolis Review
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.139-152
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    • 2014
  • The current transportation regime is largely based on two alternatives: (1) fixed route public transit, and (2) private ownership of internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicles per households. This paper analyzes one possible transportation alternative, Micro Electric Vehicles or MEVs, and compares with the ICE vehicles in terms of social, economic and environmental benefits, especially emphasizing its environmental advantage over ICE vehicles for future sustainability. While some representative models of MEVs exist in a limited market capacity, but global technical standards are generally insufficient and non-homogenous across nations, which restricts the development of the proposed transportation sector. The focus of this paper is to analyze the characteristics and potential benefits of MEVs in economical and environmental perspectives, including development status and technical standards, with a particular focus in the E.U., the U.S., Japan, and Korea. Based on the data of analysis, this paper aims to derive and propose a cooperative and adaptive global policy framework designed to speed up adoption and expansion of the global MEV market, including passenger and utility vehicles. We propose MEV to be a new mobility segment in the global transportation market because of their advantage in environmental impact, sustainability, overall cost of ownership, and safety.

A green transportation model in reverse logistics network and its comparative assessment for environmental impacts (역물류 네트워크에서의 친환경 운송 모델 개발 및 환경영향평가 비교 분석)

  • Kim, Ki Hong;Shin, Seoung-Jun;Chung, Byung Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.239-246
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    • 2015
  • Enforced environmental regulations call for extending the domain of manufacturers' responsibility to the entire product life cycle. To comply with the environmental regulations, manufacturers have constructed reverse logistics networks to re-collect their leftover waste for recycling consumed resources. However, the operational activities associated with storage, loading and transportation processes within the networks inevitably impose environmental burdens. Particularly, the transportation process largely influences environmental performance due to perpetual uses of transportation vehicles. Therefore, there is a need to develop an environmentally-conscious transportation model that can efficiently manage the uses of transportation vehicles. Additionally, it is vital to analyze its significances of environmental performance to compare quantitatively it with existing models. This paper proposes a transportation model for improving environmental performance in a reverse logistics network. This paper also presents a case study to perform its comparative analysis using Life Cycle Assessment that evaluates potential environmental impacts of a product system.

Analysis of Impacts of Aggressive Driving Events on Traffic Stream Using Driving and Traffic Simulations (주행 및 교통 시뮬레이션을 이용한 공격운전이 교통류에 미치는 영향 분석)

  • PARK, Subin;KIM, Yunjong;OH, Cheol;CHOI, Saerona
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.169-183
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    • 2018
  • Aggressive driving leads to a greater crash potential because it threatens surrounding vehicles. This study conducted traffic simulation experiments using driving behavior data obtained from multi-agent driving simulations. VISSIM traffic simulator and surrogate safety assessment model (SSAM) were used to identify the impacts of aggressive driving on traffic stream in terms of safety and operational efficiency. Market penetration rates (MPR) of aggressive driving vehicle, coupled with various traffic conditions, were taken into consideration in analyzing the impacts. As expected, it was identified that aggressive driving vehicles tended to deteriorate the traffic safety performance. From the perspective of operational efficiency, interesting results were observable. Under level of service (LOS) A, B, and C, it was observed that the average travel speed increased with greater MPRs. Conversely, the average travel speed decreased with under LOS D and E conditions. The outcome of this study would be effectively used for developing safety-related policies for reducing aggressive driving behavior.

An Error Synchronization running on IP-USN Gateway Software Stack for Transportation Safety Service (운송 안전 서비스를 위한 IP-USN 게이트웨이 소프트웨어 스택에서의 오류 동기화)

  • Ko, Eung-Nam
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.12-17
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    • 2015
  • This paper describes an error synchronization running on IP-USN gateway software stack for transportation safety service. This system consists of an TS_EDA, and TS_ESA. TS_EDA is an agent that detects an error for multimedia distance system based on IP-USN gateway software stack environment. TS_ESA is an agent that is an error synchronization system for multimedia distance control based on IP-USN gateway software stack environment. From the perspective of multimedia collaborative environment of IP-USN gateway software stack for transportation safety service, an error application becomes another interactive presentation error is synchronized with participants engaged in a cooperative work.

Full-scale test of dampers for stay cable vibration mitigation and improvement measures

  • Zhou, Haijun;Xiang, Ning;Huang, Xigui;Sun, Limin;Xing, Feng;Zhou, Rui
    • Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.489-506
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    • 2018
  • This paper reported test of full-scale cables attached with four types of dampers: viscous damper, passive Magneto-Rheological (MR) damper, friction damper and High Damping Rubber (HDR) damper. The logarithmic decrements of the cable with attached dampers were calculated from free vibration time history. The efficiency ratios of the mean damping ratios of the tested four dampers to theoretical maximum damping ratio were derived, which was very important for practical damper design and parameter optimization. Non-ideal factors affecting damper performance were discussed based on the test results. The effects of concentrated mass and negative stiffness were discussed in detail and compared theoretically. Approximate formulations were derived and verified using numerical solutions. The critical values for non-dimensional concentrated mass coefficient and negative stiffness were identified. Efficiency ratios were approximately 0.6, 0.6, and 0.3 for the viscous damper, passive MR damper and HDR damper, respectively. The efficiency ratio for the friction damper was between 0-1.0. The effects of concentrated mass and negative stiffness on cable damping were positive as both could increase damping ratio; the concentrated mass was more effective than negative stiffness for higher vibration modes.

Damping and frequency of twin-cables with a cross-link and a viscous damper

  • Zhou, H.J.;Yang, X.;Peng, Y.R.;Zhou, R.;Sun, L.M.;Xing, F.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.669-682
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    • 2019
  • Vibration mitigation of cables or hangers is one of the crucial problems for cable supported bridges. Previous research focused on the behaviors of cable with dampers or crossties, which could help engineering community apply these mitigation devices more efficiently. However, less studies are available for hybrid applied cross-ties and dampers, especially lack of both analytical and experimental verifications. This paper studied damping and frequency of two parallel identical cables with a connection cross-tie and an attached damper. The characteristic equation of system was derived based on transfer matrix method. The complex characteristic equation was numerically solved to find the solutions. Effects of non-dimensional spring stiffness and location on the maximum cable damping, the corresponding optimum damper constant and the corresponding frequency of lower vibration mode were further addressed. System with twin small-scale cables with a cross-link and a viscous damper were tested. The damping and frequency from the test were very close to the analytical ones. The two branches of solutions: in-phase modes and the out-of-phase modes, were identified; and the two branches of solutions were different for damping and frequency behaviors.

Design of Surveillance System for Fishery Safety and Security Using F-AIS (F-AIS를 이용한 어장보호 시스템 설계)

  • Yim Jeong-Bin;Nam Taek-Keun;Jeong Jung-Sik;Park Seong-Hyen;Yang Weon-Jae
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.71-74
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    • 2005
  • This paper describes Fishery Safety and Security System using F-AIS based on the concepts of RFID(Radio Frequency Identification). This system is to track, protect and arrest the thief who invaded in an fishing ground. The system composed with various functional modules to implement selectively available system providing low cost to high cost and simple function to high function according to user's requirement in a practical fishing fields. Sea trial tests are carried out at Mokpo, Busan and Incheon and, it is found that the system can guard the wide area of cultivating farm field.

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